It's tough. The Attorney General, Bob Butterworth, is a person of
basically unquestioned and probably unquestionable integrity, but he
is also Gore's Florida campaign manager. And what if this comes
down to some Florida judge appointed by Governor Bush? It will be
hard to convince the world that truth was served.

And if it is served, with what condiments?

Ginny

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From:                   Norman Hawker <[log in to unmask]>
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At 9:45 AM -0600 11/8/00, Paul Guymon wrote:

>Now that it looks quite possible that Bush may gain the victory in
>the electoral college ... and yet Gore may win the popular vote, ...
>what do you think the reaction of the American voter will be?...

I am more interested in how the public will react to such a narrow a
Bush victory in Florida given some of the voting irregularities in
Palm Beach and the fact that Bush's brother is Governor down
there. I
doubt that Gore could prove fraud, but will it pass the smell test? --

Norman Hawker
Associate Professor
Haworth College of Business
Western Michigan University
1903 West Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5120